“Genres are not so important, good music is important!” We have to disagree to a little extent with River of Gennargentu. For us he plays damn well Blues. Thus his path also led him to Punk and Noise in the mid 90’s as well as Electronic Music.

Around 2007 the musician bumped into primal Blues of R.L. Burnside and many others. It was a revelation. For him the music is something genuine that talks with one’s soul. Four years later he formed the noisy Blues duo Black Lodge Juke Joint. He and his friend made two records and played at festivals, squats, pubs, houses parties, street corners. The amplifiers were often powered with car batterys.

After a few years on the move around Italy, he returned to his birth town Barbagia in central Sardinia. It is located near the Gennargentu mountains, a place with wild nature. Here begins the adventure of River of Gennargentu. The Italian recorded first songs at home, rough but beautifuly done, and released them in January at Talk about Records. The EP is named after the river Taloro that flows through the massif. Despite the close connection to nature the musician is still influenced by the DIY Punk ethos of recent years. He even builds his own instruments.

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